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MarineParents.com Newsletter
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August 9, 2006
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Dear Marine Corps Family,
If this is the first edition of the MarineParents.com
Newsletter you have received, WELCOME! If you are
a returning reader we are glad you have joined us.
We thank you for your support and hope that we can
support you.
August is often a month for family gatherings and
vacations. Our sons and daughters deployed around
the world will not be forgotten during these events.
Their dedication to our country is sincerely
appreciated.
We've got a few battalions gearing up for
homecoming. Check out the bottom of the newsletter
for our homecoming T-shirts for 3/8, 3/3, 1/10, 1/4,
11th MEU, 3rd LAR and 1/14.
You can Help an Injured Marine!
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Cards and letters are needed.
Operation PAL™: Prayers and Letters is a new project
started by MarineParents.com, Inc. in support of our
active duty Marines who have been injured or
become ill while in combat or upon return from
combat. Our goal is to provide support to injured
Marines in the form of Prayers and Letters. We try to
reach 100 cards sent to each Marine that is on our
Operation PAL™ list.
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Marines Helping in Beirut
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Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit
BEIRUT, Lebanon (July 26, 2006) -- When
Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit left
Camp Lejeune, N.C., and set sail with the Iwo Jima
Expeditionary Strike Group in early June, they left
with thoughts of continuing the war on terror and
bringing the fight to the foes of freedom.
Six weeks later they found themselves in a war
zone, in the middle of a fight that wasn’t theirs,
aiding American citizens anxious to leave Lebanon.
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$1 Care Package Campaign
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Support Our Troops with Care Packages
For this first time ever, we were short on funds to
send the care packages overseas to our Marines this
July. We postponed our packing day to August 12
and put out a request for folks to send $1 in an
envelope to help us close the $2500 gap. We've
exceeded our goal and are now working toward our
next care package packing date.
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Recommended Reading
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Courage After Fire
by Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, Paula Domenici
The bravery displayed by our soldiers at war is
commonly recognized. However, often forgotten is
the courage required by veterans when they return
home and suddenly face reintegration into their
families, workplaces, and communities. Authored by
three mental health professionals with many years of
experience counseling veterans, Courage After Fire
provides strategies and techniques for this
challenging journey home.
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Homecoming Travel Plans
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Preparing for your Marine's Return from Combat
Retrograde is the return of deployed Marines, better
known as homecoming for our Marine parents,
spouses, family and friends. Retrograde includes
return from ships (a/k/a floats) as well as in-country
deployments (overseas stations). We have several
homecomings on the horizon and we'll be giving you
some information in each newsletter for how to
prepare for this exciting time!
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Newly Deployed Battalions
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2/8 Marines and 3/2 Marines
We have a couple of newly deployed infantry
battalions. For those families with Marines in 2/8 or
3/2, welcome. We hope you find the support you'll
need during the deployment. We've got an entire
section of the web site dedicated to deployment to
Iraq and we encourage you to review that section
and connect with the families who are with your
Marine. See the "Back to Iraq" section of our web site
for more information.
We've got a couple of new T-shirt designs for folks
with deployed Marines. Wear the "Sleep Well
America...the Marines have your back" with pride!
Remember all proceeds go to support this web site
and our projects.
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Bootcamp T-shirts, Mugs and More!
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For anyone who graduated or will graduate from
bootcamp at MCRD Parris Island we've got the t-
shirts, mugs, memorabilia and more! New logo designs
include 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions with the
battalion color as a basis for the crest. Take a look
at the new designs! Click the image for Parris Island graduation T-shirts.
All proceeds from sale of items go to support the
MarineParents.com web site and projects.
MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
For additional bootcamp gear, click here....
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Homecoming T-shirts!
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We've got a few battalions and families gearing up
for homecoming and we've added a line of T-shirts
for several of the units. Take a look at the
homecoming shirts as well as the unit specific
homecoming shirts. Welcome Home Marines! Ooh Rah!
All proceeds from sale of items go to support the
MarineParents.com web site and projects.
MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Click here for more homecoming t-shirts...
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We hope this week's edition of our email newsletter
has been useful for you and your family. If there are
topics you would like us to address, or if you have
other suggestions for the newsletter, please contact
us.
Top photo from Marine Corps
Photo Archive: A U.S. Marine from the 24th
Marine Expeditionary Unit assists American citizens as
they depart Beirut, Lebanon, July 22, 2006. At the
request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at
the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United
States Central Command and elements of Task Force
59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens
from Lebanon. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Andrew Carlson.
MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public
charity. MarineParents.com, Inc. was founded in
January, 2003 in response to parents' needs to find
information and to Connect & Share™ with one
another during deployments. Our free online services
and connections have expanded to support and
educate Marine moms & dads, spouses, families and
friends and we're now offering the
Annual National Conference. We've helped over
30,000 Marine and recruit families during bootcamp,
training, active duty and deployments. We've shipped
thousands of care packages overseas to our Marines
in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've found a Place to
Connect & Share™.
God Bless and Semper Fidelis,
Tracy Della Vecchia, Founder
MarineParents.com, Inc.
Phone:
573-449-2003
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